Comments on: Loans for Coal Plants Suspended

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Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:03:37 +0000

[...] federal and state officials put the brakes on new coal-fired power plants and as investors back out of [...]

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Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:30:08 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:23:40 +0000

Idiotic. Nobody's gonna build "green" power. There just won't be any power plants built in the US and we'll end up buying our power in Mexico and Canada. Ask people from California how much sense it makes to rely on other people for your power.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:44:54 +0000

Please do build wind power in Tornado Alley, that is progressive forward thinking. It will give tornadoes something besides trailer parks to aim for.

Global Warming theory states, more powerful and frequent storms, right in the "end of days" chapter.

Perhaps I could suggest a Biomass powered generator using agriculturial run off water and unused crop mass. The enriched nitrogen water could then be recycled for crop water through a regional closed water system like a city water supply. The water could also be steam pumped to an elevated storage system and gravity feed hydro could supplement the generators.

Just as a alternative to 100's of hectres of towers at the mercy of the real and dangerous weather in the region.

By: Ranjit Arab

Ranjit Arab — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:56:06 +0000

It's nice to see what just the threat of federal global warming regulations has done to push us in the proper direction.

As a resident of Kansas, I'll take whatever argument works to prevent the expansion of the Holcomb plant (although for me the water pollution was enough).

Still, the threat alone of regulation will ring hollow if it's not backed up soon. We have to keep on Congress–and our next president–to follow through with all the tough talk. That, of course, is easier said than done…

Anyway, nice post. I'm glad that the "market" is finally speaking up about the long-term risks of such investments.

–Ranjit